Measuring and predicting the emission rate of phthalate plasticizer from vinyl flooring in a specially-designed chamber

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 12534-12541

  Xu, Ying ^a   Liu, Zhe ^b   Park, Jinsoo ^b   Clausen, Per A ^c   Benning, Jennifer L ^d   Little, John C ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d Department of Civil Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; EMISSION MODEL; EMISSION RATES; GAS-PHASE CONCENTRATION; GASPHASE; MODEL PREDICTION; PHTHALATE PLASTICIZERS; PRESSURIZED LIQUID EXTRACTION; SIMPLE LINEAR RELATIONSHIP; SORPTION KINETICS; STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE LEVEL;

BUILDING MATERIALS; ESTERS; FLOORS; PLASTICIZERS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SORPTION; THERMAL DESORPTION;

STAINLESS STEEL;

PHTHALIC ACID; PLASTICIZER; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

DESORPTION; GAS PHASE REACTION; ISOTHERM; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENT; SORPTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STEEL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; GAS; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PHASE; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; STEADY STATE;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME IONIZATION; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLASTICIZERS; POLYURETHANES; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84869433256     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302319m     Document Type: Article

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